Topnaar-Rooibank-Sandwich Harbour Day Tour

This tour is done with all-wheel drive vehicles with expert off-road drivers/tour guides, and start early in Walvis Bay, from where we proceed by road towards Rooibank and the Kuiseb River.
We visit a traditional housing settlement of the Topnaar tribe, the ancient inhabitants of the Kuiseb Delta, who has reportedly been living here as long ago as 8000 years. ( see photos of  Topnaar traditional house, Topnaars with their vehicle, as well as Topnaar women and children eating the desert fruit)s
Our guests will learn about the ways of these very old people, how they prepare the desert fruit and how they today cope with modern society.

After our visit to the Topnaar village, we cross the river at Lauberville and proceed into the massive dunes of the “Sea of sand’ until we stop at the border of the Namib Naukluft Park. This place is devoid of people – pristine in the highest sense of the word.

We drive up one of these high dunes, from where we will have  uninterrupted views right around us on this magnificent “Sea of Sand” desert that stretches for hundreds of kilometers towards Sossusvlei – A PHOTOGRAPERS DREAM – UNSEEN BY TOURISTS. ( see photo of tourists in SEA OF Sand as well as two vehicles parked in late afternoon sun)

From here we drive off-road, westwards towards the ocean, sometimes in the river, sometimes in the dunes, until we reach the salt plains of the delta. If we are lucky, we may see some of the wild animals of the delta, like Ostriches, Springbok, Oryx or Jackal. ( see photo of springbok gazelle in front of dunes)

We proceed over these plains, northwards, until we again reach the northwestern corner of the “Sea of Sand”, where it borders on the Atlantic Ocean.

Now we continue southwards, on the beach, if the tide allows, or through the dunes, until we reach a point which no vehicle are allowed to cross. The visitors can proceed on foot southwards on the beach towards the lagoon of Sandwich Harbour or they can climb a high dune, from where the will have a beautiful view over the sea, the dunes, the beach as well as the lagoon.

A light lunch will be served and out guests can relax or swim in the sea, the weather prevailing.

After lunch, we drive for a while on the high dunes ( see photo of vehicle against slipface of dune) on the edge of the ocean with breathtaking views over the dunes, the beach, and the ocean. This place is really spectacular and one of the tourism highlights of Namibia. A photographers dream! ( see photo of Sandwich Harbour lagoon against the dunes )

From the dunes we drive on a different but direct route through the delta, back to Walvis Bay.
Before we reach Walvis Bay, we drive onto a dune with a spectacular view over the salt pans and the salt mine, in the receding rays of the sun. We take a last look over the delta, tired, but satisfied after an exciting and full day in a wonderful part of nature.

This tour is twice as long and twice as good as the Sandwich Harbour tour and is a steal at the price.